Choose three words from your Words Their Way list. When you choose the words, look up the root of each word (Go to the Sandburg Website, - Teacher Pages - Technology - Reading - Roots, Prefixes, Suffixes) and write down the root's meaning. After that, find 5 additional words that have the same root.
EXAMPLE:
My word:sheep
Root:sheep
Meaning:a animal that has a wooly coat
Related words:sheepy, sheepish, sheeped, unsheepish, unsheeped.
My word:deer
Root:deer
Meaning:an animal like a moose or elk
Related words:deery, deered, undeered, undeery, reddered
My word:wolf
Root:wolf
Meaning:an animal that is like a shaggy dog
Related words:wolfish, wolfed, unwolfed, unwolfish, rewolfed
EXAMPLE:
My word:sheep
Root:sheep
Meaning:a animal that has a wooly coat
Related words:sheepy, sheepish, sheeped, unsheepish, unsheeped.
My word:deer
Root:deer
Meaning:an animal like a moose or elk
Related words:deery, deered, undeered, undeery, reddered
My word:wolf
Root:wolf
Meaning:an animal that is like a shaggy dog
Related words:wolfish, wolfed, unwolfed, unwolfish, rewolfed